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The report features a summary of current research briefs (see links below), <a href="faculty-resarch.asp">faculty activities</a> and <a href="research-centers.asp">policy and research center news</a>.</p> <p class="sub-title"> </p> <p class="sub-title">RESEARCH IN BRIEF </p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/home-costs.asp"><b>Impact Fees Linked To Rising Home Costs</b></a><br> <i>by Brett M. Baden and Don L. Coursey</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers find that municipal impact fees had a substantial influence on the prices of single-family homes in eight Chicago suburbs.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/organ-transplant.asp"><b>Researchers Evaluate Nation's Organ Transplant System</b></a><br> <i>by David Meltzer, Robert D. Gibbons, Naihua Duan and other members of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' "Final Rule" that favors medical need, over geography, in organ allocation.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/governance-performance.asp"><b>Means & Ends: A Comparative Study of Empirical Methods for Investigating Governance & Performance</b></a><br> <i>by Carolyn J. Heinrich and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers focus on the use of multilevel models to formulate and examine hypotheses that investigate the interaction between factors within an administrative hierarchy.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/technology-obesity.asp"><b>How Technology Has Influenced Worldwide Obesity</b></a><br> <i>by Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers examine obesity as an economic phenomenon driven by technological change.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/job-instability.asp"><b>Job Instability Among Young Adults</b></a><br> <i>by Harry J. Holzer and Robert J. LaLonde</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers find that work incentives alone are not likely to generate stable employment over time for unskilled individuals.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/nursing-homes.asp"><b>Increased Longevity Retires Traditional Nursing Homes</b></a><br> <i>by Tomas Philipson and Darius Lakdawalla</i><br> <font size="-1">Researchers examine declining demand for market-based long-term care for the elderly.</font></p> <p class="main-body"><a href="../../policy-briefs/saving-retirement.asp"><b>Most Americans Are Not Saving for Retirement</b></a><br> <i>by Annamaria Lusardi</i><br> <font size="-1">Many individuals near retirement age have little or no financial assets or net worth due to inadequate financial planning.</font></p> </td>  </tr> </table>  <table cellpadding="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-size:11px; color:#000000; font-family:arial;" valign="top" ><hr width="768" color="#840017"><div style="margin-left:3px;">Copyright© by The University of Chicago. 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, 777.702.8400 - <a href="/Resources/site-map.asp" target="_new" class="footer_link">Site Map</a> - <a href="https://intranet.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/" target="_new" class="footer_link">Faculty/Staff Portal</a> - <a href="https://students.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/" target="_new" class="footer_link">Student Portal</a></div></td> </tr> </table>  <td style="background-image:url('http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/images/dropshadow_right.jpg');" valign="top"><img src="http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/images/dropshadow_right_small.jpg" border="0" /> <div id="searchResults"></div> </td> </tr> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/NoIEActivate.js"></script> </body> </html>